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Documentary highlights West African slaves’ role in Louisiana architecture
A special screening of the award-winning documentary "Ancestral Artistry: The Influence of Africans & Creoles of Color on ...
New France had child slaves, and they were Indigenous, studies reveal
Between 1632 and 1760, records show that 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in France's North American colony, historian ...
Louisiana-Based Foundation Working On Slave Trade Reparations
The Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation is helping the Jesuits reconcile their role in enslavement by taking action ...
10 Institutions You Didn’t Know Had Ties to Slavery
These enduring foundations of the United States of America have ties to the institution of slavery A country’s racist past ...
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Juneteenth celebrations across the US commemorate the end of slavery - WFMZ
The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in Galveston at the end of the Civil War.